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The Fall of the Wall: 20 Years After
November 8, 2009
Verner Pike retired US Army colonel
Christoph Ruckel founding partner, BridgehouseLaw Rückel & Bolthausen
Heinz-Gerd Reese managing director, Berlin Airlift Gratitude Foundation
Wolfgang Krueger executive director, Atlanta Goethe-Zentrum

Verner Pike, Christoph Ruckel, Heinz-Gerd Reese, and Wolfgang Krueger reminisce and commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Author: Verner N Pike
Publisher: US Army War College (1979)
Binding: Unknown Binding, 150 pages
Manufacturer: EXPO-Seh Publishers
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